“Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4%...” – Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory ... Movie Quotes Database

Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple. [A reference to Thomas Alva Edison's famous aphorism.]

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